QUOTE: Deleting History

"Everyone fighting for the rewriting of history, and erasure of historical truths are destroying their futures. You can hijack any invention, discovery, or accomplishment in history, but if it's a lie you don't have the legacy or knowledge it takes to live it up.

"Historyface". That's exactly what it is. Claiming to own a part of history without being a part of the actual historical context. And while you may fool the whole world you will be a fool for it. Not knowing your own past, and unable to shape a future based upon it." - Brad C. (OtakuDante)

VISCO Collection | PS4

We all love classic arcade games, right? We as gamers believe in their preservation, and hope to keep them around forever, or at least as long as humanity exists. Passing down, through that effort, historical experiences that future generations of gamers would need to fully understand how they got to where they are in regards to gaming innovation. Without that history gaming itself would lose it's origin story, and vital pieces of context between that fully flesh out the various industry and gamer related aspects that impacted the medium throughout the years. 

This in mind I have some sad news. For the first time I can recall QUByte Interactive has decided to sell an amazing arcade compilation from an obscure studio while not actually selling the gamer the collection. They immediately, upon access, have the gamer sign away their ownership of the very copy of the game they paid for. The EULA (End User License Agreement) states over and over that QUByte owns all copies, and that said copies could at some point be subject to termination. This, my friends, is one of the many dangers of supporting and going all digital. You literally do not own what you pay for. 

QUOTE: Repeating History

"The scariest thing I can think of facing society today is that while our history is being erased and changed to fit corrupt narratives the only ones who know the truth are elderly and dying. Our elders won't be around for much longer, and if we don't learn from them the facts before they pass future generations will never know the truth. All the values, morals, and experience will eventually be lost to time with no record, especially now that we are entering a digital age."

- Brad C. (OtakuDante)

QUOTE: Know Thy Enemy

"We're all being generationally genocided. Made to kill ourselves and others. Indirectly and directly so. Through the very life giving things we partake of we are taking in poisons. Through word of mouth and perpetuated lies our thoughts are being poisoned with hate, and a false sense of reality. If we cannot see this we cannot stop the cycle and hold accountable those who are doing this to us. Know thy enemy."

- Brad C. (OtakuDante)